BILLIE RAY MARTIN – DEADLINE FOR MY MEMORIES 2LP – Nr MINT DANCE TECHNO ELECTRIBE 101

Billie Ray Martin – Deadline For My Memories
(EastWest Records  1995  00630121801)

Gatefold Sleeve in Very Good+ condition
– let down by a tear on front over the title in the bottom right corner and ringwear on the back

Double Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from the odd light pop/crackle)

Billie Ray Martin (born 1970) is a German singer-songwriter, known for her single “Your Loving Arms”, which reached the Top 10 of both the UK Singles Chart (#6) and the Irish Singles Chart (#8) in 1995, and reached number one on the US Dance Club Chart. She was also one of the vocalists on the S’Express UK Top 10 hit single “Hey Music Lover” (1989), and had UK Top 40 hits as lead vocalist of Electribe 101 with “Tell Me When the Fever Ended” (1989) and “Talking with Myself” (1990), and as a solo singer with “Running Around Town” (1995) and “Imitation of Life” (1996).

Deadline for My Memories is the debut solo album by Billie Ray Martin, former lead singer of the band Electribe 101. It was first released in October 1995.

The album includes Billie Ray Martin’s biggest hit single, “Your Loving Arms”, which originally reached #38 in the UK Singles Chart when released in 1994 but went on to reach #6 when it was re-released the following year. It also peaked at #46 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Four further singles were released from the album: “Running Around Town” (UK #29), “Imitation of Life” (#29), “Space Oasis” (#66), and “You & I (Keep Holding on)” (#76).

Track listing

Personnel

• Billie Ray Martin – lead vocals, pedal steel, background vocals, producer, executive producer, vocal arrangement, string arrangements, mixing, photography, brass arrangement, make-up, stylist, vocal producer, melody arrangement
• The Grid – producer, mixing
• Andrew Fryer – programming, producer
• Paul Gomersall – mixing
• Greg Jackman – mixing
• Volker Janssen – piano, keyboards
• Dean Ross – keyboards
• Brian Transeau – producer, mixing
• Martin King – programming
• Gary Barnacle (as Gary Barnickle) – string arrangements, brass arrangement, orchestra leader
• B.J. Cole – pedal steel
• Shawn Lee – guitar, drums
• Luvaine Maximum – background vocals
• The Phantom Horns – brass arrangement
• Adrian Scarff – engineer, assistant engineer
• Pete Schwier – engineer
• Ren Swan – engineer, mixing
• Nick Sykes – engineer
• Gavyn Wright – orchestra leader